Airel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
Airel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion of God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Airel mean?
Hebrew: variant of Ariel
“lion of God”
Respelling of Ariel, a biblical name for Jerusalem and the spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Is Airel a girl's or a boy's name?
Airel is a girls' name.
How popular is Airel in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Airel in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Airel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Nicknames for Airel
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Airel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ashlyn, Cassidy, Itzel, Kaitlyn, Eden, Teagan, Hannah, Anna, Brooklyn, Rachel, Devyn, Abigail
Names related to Airel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Airel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/airel, updated 20 October 2026.